Tomato Thokku | Thakkali Thokku Recipe
Ingredients
- Tomato - 8 large chopped
- Tamarind - 1 lemon size
- Gingelly Oil - ¼ cup + ¼ cup
- Salt to taste
- Chilli Powder - 2 tblspn
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
Instructions
- Heat ¼ cup oil in a kadai, add in tomatoes, tamarind, salt and mix well. cover and cook till it softens.
- Keep cooking till oil separates. Cool it down and take it in a blender, puree till coarse.
- Heat ¼ cup of oil in the same pan, add mustard, urad dal and asafoetida and let it sizzle.
- Add the tomato puree, add in chilli powder and cook till oil separates.
- Cool it down.
- Store in an air tight container in fridge.